We started storytime off with Thumpy Feet<\/a>\u00a0by Betsy Lewin. \u00a0Thumpy is an orange cat, and this book is filled with fun onomatopoeia of the sounds he makes as he goes about his day eating, napping, and being a cat.<\/p>\n Our second book, I Love Cats by Barney Saltzberg<\/a> celebrated all the different wonderful things there are to enjoy about our feline friends.<\/p>\n I Had a Cat<\/span><\/p>\n I had a cat, I had a pig Other verses: We sing a lot of songs during storytime! \u00a0You\u2019ll find lyrics to those songs without music here.<\/p>\n \n Welcome Song<\/span> Icky Bicky Soda Cracker Bounce Icky Bicky Soda Cracker (bounce baby gently on knees)<\/em> <\/p>\n Round and Round the Garden\u00a0Tickle Storytime\u2019s Over<\/span> I love to sing and dance to music.\u00a0 Here are some of the songs and cds used in storytime.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Clap everybody and say hello, (clap hands)<\/em> Stamp everybody and say hello, (stomp feet)<\/em> Wiggle everybody and say hello, (wiggle baby)<\/em> Jump everybody and say hello, (lift baby up high)<\/em> Sing everybody and say hello, (wave hi)<\/em> <\/p>\n This is the way the ladies ride (bounce baby to rhythm)<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSmooth Road to London Town” from\u00a0A Smooth Road to London Town<\/a><\/span> by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/p>\n A smooth road to London town (sway baby gently on your lap)<\/em> But…<\/p>\n (bounce baby fast)<\/em> A smooth road to London town (sway baby gently on your lap)<\/em> (bounce baby fast)<\/em> Want more stories about cats?\u00a0 Check these out\u00a0at your Pasadena Public Library branch:<\/p>\n For our sixth Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about cats. Books We Shared We started storytime off with Thumpy Feet\u00a0by Betsy Lewin. \u00a0Thumpy is an orange cat, and this book is filled with fun onomatopoeia of the sounds he makes as he goes about his day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[16,26],"class_list":["post-7794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-storytimes","tag-early-literacy","tag-infant"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-21I","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7794"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9707,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7794\/revisions\/9707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFlannel Board Song<\/h4>\n
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\ntaken from\u00a0The Flannel Board Storytelling Book 2nd Edition by Judy Sierra<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMy cat pleased me.
\nI fed my cat under yonder tree.
\nCat goes fiddle-i-fee.<\/p>\n
\nMy pig pleased me
\nI fed my pig under yonder tree.
\nPig goes Oink Oink
\nCat goes Fiddle-i-fee.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Rooster \u2026\u2026. Rooster goes Cock-a-doodle-do!
\nDonkey \u2026\u2026. Donkey goes Hee-haw!
\nTurkey \u2026\u2026.. Turkey goes Gobble-gobble!<\/p>\n
\nRhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music<\/h4>\n
\n(to the tune of \u201cTwinkle Twinkle Little Star\u201d)
\nWelcome, welcome everyone!
\nNow we\u2019re here, let\u2019s have some fun!
\nFirst we clap our hands just so.
\nThen we bend and touch our toes.
\nWelcome, welcome everyone!
\nNow we\u2019re here, let\u2019s have some fun!<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Icky Bicky Soda Cracker (bounce baby gently on knees)<\/em>
\nIcky Bicky Boo
\nIcky Bicky Soda Cracker
\nUp Goes You! (lift baby into air)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nIcky Bicky Boo
\nIcky Bicky Soda Cracker
\nI love you! (bring baby in for a cuddle)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRound and round the garden\u00a0(gently circle round baby\u2019s belly button with finger)<\/em>
\nGoes the teddy bear.
\nA one step (move your fingers and tickle baby up the belly)
\n<\/em>A two step (move your fingers and tickle baby up the belly)<\/em>
\nA tickly under there (tickle baby under chin)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHands up high! (Put your hands in air)
\n<\/em>Now give a big sigh (sigh and bring hands down)
\n<\/em>Our storytime\u2019s over
\nSo wave bye-bye (wave)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMusic from CDs We Shared<\/h4>\n
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\n\u201cClap Everybody and Say Hello\u201d from Sally Go Round the Sun by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/a><\/p>\n
\nClap everybody and say hello,
\nClap everybody and say hello,
\nNo matter what the weather.<\/p>\n
\nStamp everybody and say hello,
\nStamp everybody and say hello,
\nNo matter what the weather.<\/p>\n
\nWiggle everybody and say hello,
\nWiggle everybody and say hello,
\nNo matter what the weather.<\/p>\n
\nJump everybody and say hello,
\nJump everybody and say hello,
\nNo matter what the weather.<\/p>\n
\nSing everybody and say hello,
\nSing everybody and say hello,
\nNo matter what the weather.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cLadies Ride\u201d from Wiggleworms Love You by Old Town School of Folk Music<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTrit trot, trit trot
\nThis is the way the ladies ride early in the morning!
\nThis is the way the gentleman ride, gallop and trot, gallop and trot
\nThis is the way the gentleman ride, early in the morning!
\nThis is the way the farmers ride, clippity cloppety, clippity cloppety
\nThis is the way the farmers ride early in the morning!
\nThis is the way the cowgirls\/boys ride, giddy up, giddy up
\nThis is the way the cowgirls\/boys ride early in the morning \u2013 YEEHAW!!
\n(REPEAT once more)<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.merriweather.ca\/uploads\/3\/1\/7\/6\/3176472\/s119459136899541766_p33_i1_w300.jpeg\")
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\nA smooth road to London town
\nThe road goes up and the road goes down
\nA smooth road to London town<\/p>\n
\nBy and by we come to a dell
\nAnd there the roads are not so swell
\nA bumpy road! A bumpy road!
\nA bumpy road to London town<\/p>\n
\nA smooth road to London town
\nThe road goes up and the road goes down
\nA smooth road to London town<\/p>\n
\nBy and by we come to a wood
\nAnd there the road is not so good
\nA rough road! A rough road!
\nA rough road to London town<\/p>\n
\nContinue the Fun<\/h4>\n
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